Quality Pot for a reasonable price.
I've had this pot for several months now, and have used it to make chowders, Sunday gravy, and boil potatoes. It performs excellently, and expect this will be my go to pot when I next make fresh beef stock, and anytime I need to make food for a crowd. The pot is well constructed, and believe it will give many years of service. The pot conducts heat well, handles stay cool enough to grab after being on the burner for several hours. My other pots are Calphalon (all of my pieces were produced in the USA prior to the sale to Newell Rubbermaid), a Le Creuset, and an old Salad Master stock pot. Over the past year I have been adding All Clad to my cooking arsenal, so I feel I am familiar with quality cookware. I had wanted to purchase an All Clad stock pot, but the 16 quart was only available in their line with a brushed aluminum exterior, and that size was a Williams-Sonoma exclusive, and the cost was over $450. I really wanted a pot with tri-ply construction. I have 2 pieces of Calphalon...
Very solid
This stock pot is made in China, but it performs as well as my All-Clad stock pots. While I'd much rather support US manufacturers, it's impossible to justify spending 3 times as much on a 16 quart stock pot. This pot has a very nice polished stainless steel interior and exterior, with a heavy aluminum core. There were no hot spots at all, even when sauteing onions with a large gas burner on the highest setting. It was easy to clean after a cooking a monster batch of chili, and it was large enough to put two whole chickens in the pot, making it easy to cook up a big batch of chicken soup.
Expensive, but very high quality
This is quality cookware. Bottom heats evenly and food does not stick. Generous size. Sturdy handles with rivets instead of welds. Heavy and just a pleasure to work with. Recommended.
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